Lovecraft Country creator Misha Green will write and direct the new Tomb Raider movie for MGM, still starring Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft.

Lara Croft is gearing upwards to pull on her dirty tank car top and shoot many arrows connected the sizeable silver screen again. MGM has announced that it's tapped Misha Green to write and direct the next Tomb Raider movie, which will see Alicia Vikander return to the role after she rebooted the franchise in 2018. This volition be Jet's archetypical feature motion picture, but she broke out this year with her smash come to HBO show Lovecraft Country, which she acted every bit showrunner and producer for.

This definitely adds a little of credibility to the franchise atomic number 3 the first film felt to a greater extent like a budget take with schlock director Holler Uthaug helming the movie and the screenplay feeling bad elemental. It also feels like a step up from Ben Wheatley, WHO was primitively abroach to through the sequel, though Wheatley has whatever creative films under his belt. MGM is looking for successful franchises decently now as the industry consolidates and Bond seems to ne'er be cathartic. Tomb Raider could definitely live a success if they put the effort and talent into making the flic. Green seems to be an reference of this and could make something especial alongside Vikander, World Health Organization deserved a break movie for a character she seems to care approximately.

TheGrave Despoiler movie sequel was originally set to release in English hawthorn of this year, but that is obviously non happening some because of COVID-19 and, now, because Misha K is clearly just getting started along it. Despite Vikander's tax return to the character, it will be interesting to see if they plow this film as a soft reboot given what is sure to be a long gap 'tween the films and a parvenu creator at the helm.